Coercive leadership definitely isn't my favorite style, but I must say there is definitely a time and place when it is warranted. Coercive leadership style when used in a qualified scenario could mean the difference between life and death if executed properly2. Throughout most of my life, I have seen coercive leadership used mostly in doses. Particularly in education or business, it hasn't been a style I would say is the most consistent used amongst most professionals. I believe this to be due to it's authoritative demands that come with the style tends to not sit well with most people. The time I experienced coercive style leadership to the core of it's definition was on a hiking trip when I was about sixteen years old. One of the hikers, …show more content…
I was a jr phone sales opener in a call center for about a year in my mid twenties. Coming into to this position I was expecting to learn a lot more about business, sales and marketing then I knew at the time. I left that place (before they eventually went belly up) feeling half empty headed. I believe it was due to the consistent and very much overwhelming affiliative leadership. It's not like it was coming from just one or two supervisors. Literally from every single person. Not going to lie, I definitely played the part when I needed to. After a while it was very obvious to me that this consistent use of leadership style without the use of any others is terrible to the fundamentals of an organization needing to grow. Of course, there is nothing wrong with a pat on the back when it is warranted. This company might of well have been rewarding failures. They were offering incentives just for effort, it almost seemed more than completing tasks. Most employees caught onto this and began to do the minimum to get rewarded. At no fault of their own, it was as if they were wired to just get by or accomplish the least to get rewarded. The entire time this was all going on, I don't ever remember any critical conversations from supervisors to employees for poor performance and not even once did I ever receive constructive feedback. Affiliative …show more content…
One thing you always want to be very sure to do when it comes to being an effective leader is to be very comfortable with public speaking2. This style gives individuals at every level of hierarchy a chance to prove themselves. This gives them a chance to bring a solution to a problem, to show their value within an organization. While studying for my undergrad, I served as a Senator in the Student Government at my college. The President at the time was a student named Ben Chaucer. I will say that his method of leadership was primarily democratic. The main reason being, he was always the last to speak. This attribute alone gave Ben an enormous amount of respect not only with the students in government, but literally with the entire student body. I don't think at the time anyone noticed why he was so respected, just that he was a likeable guy. He always gave everyone a chance to contribute and this made people feel important. In an organizational setting there is no better feeling than being heard2. To be effective with democratic style leadership it is important to hear what everyone else to say before rendering your opinion. Ben Chaucer was very polished in the working of democratic style
Leadership is not defined by position. Leadership is an extraordinary responsibility given only to those willing to exude selflessness, decisiveness, and wisdom. CSM William R. Hambrick, Jr is an accomplished leader that embodies the values, attributes, and competencies that I aspire to convey to my subordinates. The impact that CSM Hambrick has had on my career and leadership philosophy is immeasurable. His far-reaching legacy is one of confidence, sound judgment, and empathy.
...to be a great leader a leader must have a democratic leadership style. Although, there have been cases where autocratic leaders and laissez fair leaders have been successful, this does not mean that these leaders were the best leaders. It just means that they were able to achieve power through the cost of their subordinates. In this cases most of the time the subordinates are not happy with their leader. Even after their success there is no doubt that a democratic leader is the best leaders because this styles leads to a “higher productivity, more contribution from group members as well as higher group morale(Cherry).”A democratic leader, with the five golden rules, is able to guide and inspire others through his example, to change for their benefit. A democratic leader seeks the best for his subordinates and that is the reason why his subordinates will follow him.
According to the report “Six leadership styles: selecting the right leader” (2016) coercive style is a one- way communication, where the leader give directions that needs to follow. This style is mainly used in a critical situation or when protocol needs to monitor. Alongside there is authoritative, where the leader makes a clear vision for the followers. Also, the leader with this type of style has the ability to win over the interest of his follower’s to walk in the same path (Six leadership styles: selecting the right leader, 2016). Hence, this is effective especially when a new employees started work and need guidance.
Leadership is being able to direct or guide other people by either your own actions or by actually guiding them into the right direction (Acumen). Inspiration to be a leader might come from many different areas like your family, friends, peers, or even teachers. My inspiration didn’t really occur to me until I started attending college in August 2013. In all actuality I never even thought of how to be a leader until I was in Mrs. Moore’s Perspectives class. I now have a desire to be a great leader, and the inspiration has come from Mrs. Moore, and my family. I am the first to attend college out of my family, so in a away I have already started leading my siblings in the right direction. Being a leader means inspiring others to pursue their dreams, and aspirations and helping throughout the journey to success. Being a leader has nothing with authority or being able to tell other what, and how to do things, it’s about having people who look up to you and want to follow your example.
What is a leader? Who are chosen to be leader, and why are they chosen? What set these certain individuals aside from everyone else? A leader is someone who can encourage even those with feeble hearts, insecure souls and self-doubting minds. A leader takes not only their vision but everyone’s vision and create one beautiful creation that is seen throughout the world. My experiences with leadership range from the worst to the best. Once holding a great leadership position myself, I can testify the benefits of great leadership and the disadvantages of horrible leadership. Through my experience with great leadership and the effects on the people, it seemed to the naked eye that everyone was thinking the same thing at the same time. In actually it was the leader uniting the members together on one common chord to produce a sound that would remain in the souls. A leader is someone who not only leads, but also encourages people to do their best, share a collectively common idea or passion with a group, and challenge the process of a traditional style.
Introducing Michelle Rhee battle over education reform in Washington, D.C’s public schools. According to, the Houston Public Media Michelle Rhee remains one of the most notorious education reformers in the nation. In Washington, Rhee’s direct style helped turn around a struggling district, but her decision to close schools and fire hundreds of teachers and principals also generated criticism. In according with New week, Michelle Rhee showed that she was serious about reform the schools, by firing more that than a hundred non-union central office workers, including administrators, and thirty six principals for not educating the students in the public school. Therefore, the three leadership traits in which Michelle Rhee scores high was to drive
The principles of leadership and management are helps to understand the management style and make the effective decision. An effective decision helps to gain the success of an organization. Lots of way to manage and collect information/question for leadership and management which are describing in the below:
What is leadership? Leadership is defined as a process by which a individual will influence others to obtain goals. Leaders will guide, direct motivate, or inspire others. Leadership is defined by not only traits but actions as well. Leaders are inspirational, trustworthy and charismatic. Many people may think a manger is leader. Although leadership and management go hand in hand, they are not the same. Everyone has their own beliefs about what characteristics an effective leader should have. To me, communication skills, critical thinking skills, and having a vision are few characteristics of becoming an effective leader. A leader is not only born, but made. Some are born as leaders or some are made to be leaders.
With God’s help the Biblical leaders Ezra and Nehemiah were able to fulfill their roles as leaders in the Jewish community. These men of God were chosen to be leaders to pray for the Israelites, relay Gods commands and encourage the people. As God’s leaders Ezra and Nehemiah carried out their respective duties even if fierce opposition awaited them.
On projects I have taken the lead on, I have always valued input from other employees. This assumes the fact that the employee is competent in their area, and have a willingness to share ideas with management. I encourage active participation, and I am often surprised at some of the answers that have come out of collaborative meetings. When employees feel at ease to share their ideas, genuinely good things
Over the course of my professional career in different organizations in the past three years, I have worked under many managers. This has been a learning curve for me to understand the different managing styles and leadership characteristics of people. One of the managers whom I worked under, was the lead in a government project which also happened to be my last project before I took a break for continuing my studies, is a person I admire till date. I learned several life lessons in addition to the technical subject associated with the industry. This paper demonstrates the leadership styles exhibited by my manager with suitable examples.
There are many qualities and factors that contribute to how a manager is able to effectively lead their employees. One of these factors is the manager 's leadership style. A leadership style is the way a manager goes about providing direction, executing plans, and encouraging employees. There are four main styles of leadership, autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, and paternalistic, and while they are widely agreed upon there are also theories about which styles are most effective.
This study aims to find the relationship between leadership performance style and project success and to research that whether the project success is influenced by leadership style. According to Belout and Gauvreau (2004), “Nowadays, project management has become a key activity in most modern organizations. Projects usually have a wide variety of objectives, involve numerous internal and external actors, and are conducted in various activity sectors”. Many researchers have agreed that project leadership is one of the most crucial elements of a project’s success. There are many views on leadership and according to Dulewicz and Higgs (2005), leadership has been studied more than any other aspect of human behavior. Higgs (2003) identified six
One of the biggest problems for Americans right now is the direction in which our country is headed due to poor leadership from our government. This problem has been affecting the American people deeply over the last few years and is only going to get worse. The effects of this poor leadership are the the growing debt in our country, poor health care regulations causing high premiums and forcing punishments upon people who self pay, illegal immigrants at an all time high, not enough money spent for education, and terrorist groups causing fear to Americans. These problems have been caused by the recent politicians we have elected for not only president but all of the branches of government. The best solutions to fix these problems are electing new government officials and a new president that will make changes and fix the problems that need fixing. The other alternative solutions would be the American people taking action and making the government realize that we want change. These problems have to be addressed now because the longer they are put on hold the worse the problems could be become.
In this paper I will look at the four major leadership styles, their characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, and in what situations a particular leadership style is desired. Additionally, I will look at my leadership style and how I acquired this style throughout my career.